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I'm posting this as a closure to the year that was 2011. Thank you to all the readers of this site. I'm very proud of the progress of Just 1 More Level and look forward to everything that awaits in 2012. I've got several new articles in the works and can't wait to get your reactions to them. Now I will be the first to admit that I have quite a ways to go in improving my writing skills (eh perfectionist, what can I say). The way I talk about things just doesn't seem to mesh well in the written form. So I'm going to take this opportunity to do just that. Extensive reviews and even the return of one of the earliest segments here should help. Of course most of this won't start rolling out til next year, but that doesn't mean I can't give you a peak into a few topics I'm working on.

David Jaffe has always been a truly outspoken identity in our beloved games industry. He can lay claim to Twisted Metal and that one greek mythology game about murdering the the gods, oh yeah! God of War. Jaffe has been a favorite of mine since God of War. I didn't really know anything about him til then (I wasn't old enough to really know who was behind the Twisted Metal games, I'm just now 23).

The Last of Us. Naughty Dog. This combo could be very interesting and I can already see the gaming world exploding by the fact that Naughty Dog didn't announce Uncharted: Drake's Circuit. I mean they just released Uncharted 3 which would mean they are working on a fourth Uncharted game. Just look at their track record. Crash Bandicoot's fourth game was a kart racer. Jak's fourth game was combat racer. Uncharted is now on it's fourth (Naughty Dog developed) game (Golden Abyss is coming from Sony Bend Studios). I guess Naughty Dog is changing their company up. Hell there might not even be an Uncharted 4....for the PS3.

Anyway, The Last of Us is set after ants carry a virus from South America into the United States. There are still quite a few unanswered questions, but the game was just announced. AND Sony/Naughty Dog kept this project under wraps since 2006. Obviously they used Uncharted as a ploy. That is pretty impressive for the size of the team. I mean they only …

Did you ever have a chance to play The
Bouncer? As a game released on the PlayStation 2 for the holidays in
Japan in 2000 and hitting our shores on March 5, 2001. Originally set
to be a launch title for Sony's new PlayStation 2. It got pushed back
to improve the controls of the game. Unfortunately however, it needed
even more time. Known for their RPG games such as Final Fantasy
Squaresoft opted for something new on Sony's new PlayStation. The
Bouncer was showcases a numerous genres here with RPG, Action and
Brawler being the most prevalent throughout the experience.
Game play was largely just a two to
three minute affair in between five minutes (or longer) in game cut
scenes. Seriously, I played a section that consisted of me fighting
two enemies; watch a loading screen; then watch a five minute cut
scene of pointlessness; rinse and repeat for most of my time
“playing”. Whenever I was allowed to run around a level, the
camera became a major pain. I don't know why there…

Vita launched in Japan over this past weekend and has made the Japanese gamer base over there erupt in excitement. There have been very many unboxing videos posted on the web and there are a few pictures of the launch lines. Those lucky Japanese. Getting the Vita before anyone else in the world.

Well in almost 24 hours the PlayStation Vita (UPDATE! It's launched) will launch in Japan to a barrage of big coverage from all over the Internet and even mainstream media will jump on board to cover the next family member of the PlayStation empire. It's hard to believe the time is flying by. It was just this past January that we heard about the system and it's kicking down the doors to one of the major markets tomorrow. I know my list of games I'm interested in and it looks like a few of them will be opening up alongside the Japanese launch of the system. Meaning there will be time for the developers to work out some of the kinks that might appear in those games.

It is now open! Go check out the new Just 1 More Level Store and have a clean shopping experience to all the content that I recommend. Right now there is a link that takes you away to the new store. Just click on J1ML Store on the Header Bar and follow the link on the page. OR just try it below!

Mass Effect is a beloved franchise of mine and I was actually okay with the delay to next year. The delay gives gamers a larger window to enjoy ME3 without being squeezed into the talk of this years mega ton holiday season. Anywho, the VGA's have come and gone leaving behind a new trailer of upcoming sci-fi epic Mass Effect 3.

Uncharted 3 just came out, but Naughty Dog has been hard at work on another game. ND isn't the biggest studio in the industry and they managed to work on Uncharted on top of The Last of Us (which just got announced and no one knew about it for over five years). Just watch this trailer for ND's next game coming in 2012 for the PS3.

All in all I'm pumped for next year. The Last of Us just hit my anticipated list (as I'm sure it did with everyone who has seen the first trailer) I'm going to continue the trend of being broke on games.

Final Fantasy is
a franchise that has been around for over twenty years and covering
multiple platforms. Spanning fourteen mainline Final Fantasy's and an
infinite number of spin-offs/side story games. I wanted to make a
list to show how I feel about this series as a whole. So here it is,
my list of Final Fantasy games. I feel comfortable with every one of
my choices. FINAL FANTASY X -
Masterpiece

FINAL FANTASY VIII
- Excellent

FINAL FANTASY XII
- Fantastic

FINAL FANTASY VI -
Amazing

FINAL FANTASY IV -
Awesome

FINAL FANTASY I –
Old School Grind FINAL FANTASY III
– Difficult But Rewarding

JUGGERNAUT?!
You're probably sitting there at your computer and just puzzled. What
is Juggernaut? PS3? Xbox 360? Wii? All those choices would be
understandable, but they would all be wrong. There has only been one
time I've reviewed a game from before this gen or even the previous
generation. That title, was Dragon
Forcefor
the Sega Saturn. Now you would be excused for not having any idea
about Juggernaut...I played it with Johnand
we don't have a clear grasp on what the hell it is. And we played it
for a couple weeks (playing through to certain spots and taking a
week break in between sessions). Juggernaut
comes from the land of the original PlayStation. A first-person,
adventure, puzzle, horror game from Tonkinhouse and published by
Jaleco back in 1999. All time totaled we beat it in roughly 14 hours
and every single second was a chore from hell. Let's start from the
beginning where the priest has contact the main character and told
him that his girlfriend (Serah) has…